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Murdoch's Scum gets even more scummiest: Dead Paedophile's Ghost “knew” who took Maddie

.. after Egg-man, pimple-man, Snail Gail Cooper's beast-man, Victoria in Barcelona, the George Harrison/Gipsy look-a-like and after the duo Charles O'Neill/William Lauchlan (Homosexual paedophiles who are in jail somewhere in Scotland) we are back to "dead-man in a wheel chair". Yes, you've guessed it. It's Raymond Hewlett's Ghost who has written a letter from the after-life. Wonder if the letter is truthful and how much did the "son-of-a-dead-paedophile" got from selling this story to the Scum?!

MADELEINE McCann suspect Raymond Hewlett confessed on his deathbed that he KNEW what happened to the little girl, The Sun can reveal.

In a letter to his estranged son Wayne, he denied having anything to do with Maddie's disappearance. But he said he knew she had been stolen to order by a gipsy gang who kidnap children for wealthy couples unable to have kids or adopt. [Gipsies, again?!!!!!]

Hewlett, a serial paedophile seen near the spot where Maddie was snatched in Portugal, said they had a "shopping list" of potential targets - such as a little girl with blonde hair like Maddie.

Private detectives working for Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry are "extremely interested" in Hewlett's claims.

A source close to their ongoing investigation said: "What he says fits the No1 theory, which is that she was stolen to order." [No.1 theory in Lazzeri's single neurone brain]

Hewlett died of throat cancer in April, aged 62, after persistently refusing to meet the McCanns' detectives. He became a suspect because of his appalling record of rape and abduction of children.

And he was living as a nomad in Portugal with his second family when Maddie vanished from the McCanns' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007. Hewlett's letter to builder [builder with a house mortgage to pay?] Wayne, 40, was delivered to the son by a mystery man [Dave Edgar, Francisco Marco, Kevin Halligen, Clarence Mitchell, Gerry McCann himself?.....] - thought to be a solicitor [Gosh, Adam Tudor?] or a private eye - a week after he died.

Most of it was an apology for how his vile crimes had affected his first wife Susan and Wayne. But then he went on to write about Maddie, who was nearly four when she went missing.

Wayne[selling your father to the Scum, what a nice thing to do in his memory], of Telford, Shropshire, said: "It was a bolt from the blue and I shook when I read it.

"He stated he didn't want to go to his grave with us thinking he had done such a horrible thing.

"He said he had had nothing to do with taking Maddie but did know who had.

"He said a very good gipsy friend he knew in Portugal had got drunk and 'let it out' that he had stolen Maddie to order as part of a gang.

"My dad said this gang had been operating for a long time and had snatched children before for couples who couldn't have children of their own.

"Maddie had been targeted. They took photos of children and sent them to the people they were acting for. And they said Yes or No.

"Dad said the man told him it was nothing to do with snatching children for a paedophile gang or for a sexual reason.

"He said there were huge sums of money involved. And he totally believed what this man was saying." The account fits with others surrounding the Maddie mystery. [what others?]

Several strange men [and dogs, and cats, their fleas, the locals, and women, and children, tourists?] were seen taking photos of children around the Ocean Club resort in the days before she vanished. And The Sun revealed earlier this year that a British expat thought he had seen Maddie in a white van driven by a gipsy couple the day after she was lost. [The guitar man.... again]

Wayne, who had no contact with Hewlett for nearly 20 years, said his father's letter seemed "very genuine".

He added: "I don't know if this is what happened to Maddie or not, but it does make sense. I can't believe he'd go to those lengths to make up some elaborate lie when he was so weak and ill."

Wayne said he considered going to Kate and Gerry with the letter but was worried it could cause them more heartache if it gave them false hope. He added: "I actually burned it because it unnerved me so much. [Oh, no evidence then to prove the lie?! How unsurprisingly obvious!]

"To have a letter from someone you hated for so long was just mind-blowing. I couldn't deal with it." [Ah! A little post-mortem revenge, Wayne still has some issues with daddy]

Wayne did not contact The Sun about the message. We learned of its existence through a friend. [sorry Scum, we know you pay cash for spoofs like this one] But now he intends to sit down with the Maddie detectives to tell them everything he knows. [$$$$$ Wayne?]

The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchellsaid last night: "We are extremely grateful to Wayne for coming forward with this information and the detective team will be interviewing him as a matter of priority."

The dimwitted imbecile Lorraine Kelly @reallorraine carries a «luggage tag with a picture of the youngster, who disappeared in 2007, read: "Do not give up on me." [We won't Lora, you still have at least 20 more years to grow up.]

Just when you thought you had it heard it all in this case, turns out you hadn't. Not by a long chalk, it seems.

And of course, this latest drivel which will be believed by the Sun's readership fits in nicely with the 'no evidence she has come to any harm' mantra. Well, it would if it weren't for the evidence that Madeleine had indeed come to harm.

Truly sickening that TM can jump on this claptrap (burned letter, lol), it just shows how desperate they still are to be believed. Kate, Gerry, Hewlett, Clarence, the Scum and R Wayne all deserve each other.

We did all predict that Mitchelll would have to come up with something to divert attention away from the Halligen case.But this !!It is like a cheap child's story, mystery solicitors, secret letters now burned, the writer dead, recollections from many months ago, and he will not of course speak to a proper police officer, only to the McCann's private Cuntstabulary.Don't take your eyes off the Halligen case.Watch the familyFollow the money.

Boring...Who cares what The Sun is telling. The dirtiest silliest tabloid.Just for mccanns as a tribune to paint their dirty silly fairy tales.Again and again.Who will stop this circus AT LAST!Mccanns with all their buffoonery insult the memory of little Madeleine.

He’s the man who some people thought may be had abducted Maddie McCann, he then refused of course to talk to detectives, he died of cancer last April, now a letter has been delivered allegedly from him to his son. Now his son hadn’t spent any time with his dad for the last twenty years, but in this letter Raymond Hewlett, according to the SUN said he knows who took Maddie, and he says it’s a gipsy gang who were stealing children to order - not for a paedophile ring. So there might be some comfort there for Gerry and Kate, although limited comfort – but for families who couldn’t have children themselves.

Eammon:But the awful thing about something like this is, because this man was so cowardly he wouldn’t allow himself to be questioned, there’s no way of ever eh...

Gaunt:...No way of ever knowing if it’s true.

You’re right and it prolongs the agony for Kate and Gerry, it also keeps story alive I guess, so maybe they see it as a positive. Clarence Mitchell their spokesman says he now wants a full investigation into the claims but clearly this would back up what they think, they think Maddie is still alive abducted by maybe, not a paedophile ring, but someone who could not have children of their own.It’s a very distressing story though, it’s got to be said.

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I see too that Hewlett was cowardly for not allowing himself to be questioned by detectives (not police detectives we must clarify- but the McCann dodgy ones)

What I must ask, WHAT does that make Kate McCann? She refused to answer 40+ questions by police authority officially investigating the disappearance of her daughter?

I'd say way more than cowardly! SUSPICIOUS!

And Clarence - He wants a full review of this CLAIM!

Quite astonishing really, they don't appear to want a review or an re-opening of the case whereby the tapas bunch will be questioned - THE COWARDLY SICK BUNCH but a review of a claim made by a man (Hewletts son supposedly- wonder what crossed his palm?) who HASN'T NOW GOT THE LETTER HE CLAIMED TO RECEIVE AS HE BURNT IT!

He thought it might give Kate and Gerry false hope!

My a-se in parsely, he did!

He is no better than all the rest, his father included!

Cut obviously from the same cloth as Tanner, Oldfield, and Fiona Payne - NONE of them wanted to upset the McCann's either!

Never mind Madeleine anyone - go easy - as Gaunt did today - as we might offend the parents, AKA the tapas bunch, of all of those little children who were abandoned for six nights on the trot while there parents partied.

Interestingly the SUN tell us that the McCann theory is the most "popular" one.

Should we tell them, that is ONLY amongst Team McCann- and even then, some of them will only be going along with it for the money!

You couldn't make this up - but Clarence Can!

They are running scared when they come up with this load of cr-p! We are now down to the absolute dregs!

He burned it...as you would, if you wanted maximum publicity with zero evidence. Jeni Weinberger also told a "Gypsy tale". It all reminds me of The Prioresses Tale by Chaucer, where the Jews are blamed by the hypocritical storyteller for the death of a Christian child, disposed of down a well. We haven't moved far from this sort of mythology.

Well here is another piece of time wasting cr*p.Burned the letter, hoping we are too stupid to want evidence of it.He obviously doesn`t mind his face in the pa, no rag.All I see is yet another "thing" jumping on the money train.Hope there`s enough in it for him to have himself exposed & associated with a dad like his.The fund may be running low but there are enough "backers" to take care of his needs.I believe none of it & am waiting for info on Halligen.What next? I ask myself.

Lazzeri should stick to her other spoof stories- UFO's, the Loch Ness Monster.... only certain readers of a rag like The Sun, which only requires a reading age of 8, I believe, will fall for this embarrassing nonsense.

"Wayne, who had no contact with Hewlett for nearly 20 years, said his father's letter seemed "very genuine"."

"He added: "I actually burned it because it unnerved me so much."

How convenient! Hewlett is dead so they can say what they like now. 20 years without speaking to his father shows there was little or no bond between father and son - he'll have no qualms in spitting out whatever they want for the right price.

I can't understand how the Sun is still in circulation, more to the point, I can't understand why people buy the comic and help keep it in circulation!

Honestly, the lengths that these fucking parasites will go to is beyond me.

I am getting tired of this ill-informed country. STOP reading these tabloids. Do not encourage them to write this shit.

The thing is with The Sun; you can always comment on anything on their page but when it comes to a "Maddie" story you cannot add a comment---I wonder why, eh?

This latest article is a fucking scam to fool the idiots but I've got news for you McCanns: only the fools believe you. The REAL people of this world are not stupid enough to be taken in by your nonsense.

Also, let's not detract away from the fact that this letter was no doubt a typed letter and anyway, even if it was a hand-written letter do you think this "son" would recognize it?

Britain, wake the fuck up! You are being conned and taken the piss out of.

Joanna, I apologize for my language on your site but these fuckers get me angry.

#20, there IS no evidence... Good old Wayne BURNED the evidence! This is so so so predictable, it's boring: We're back to the gypsies (laziest gypsies in the world, there are NO other cases of small children being abducted anywhere in Portugal, ever!) - abducted to order, with photographs being sent for approval (never mind that Maddie had been in Luz for only a few days, and was rarely seen in public, as she was stuck in the Kids Club all day...) - and God forbid she was abducted by pedophiles, that's an angle that the McCanns have to avoid at any cost, because they HAVE TO KEEP MADDIE ALIVE AND ***UNHARMED*** in the eyes of the public.This myth of the little princess that is being kept alive and in perfect health by a loving couple is absolutely CRUCIAL for the McCanns and their entourage.Never mind that it is the most remote, the most unbelievable and the most fantastic theory of them all: they cannot allow for any other option.Remember Gerry's initial "assessment"? That Maddie had been kidnapped by a pedo? He quickly realised the cons of that story. So he changed it.This is now the official story: Maddie was taken by gypsies, abducted by order, for illegal adoption. Makes perfect sense... they think.Except that any rational mind will realise that it is impossible.

What was all that nonsense about his morning with Jon Gaunt (speaking with Eammon Holmes) re missing Madeleine McCann?

The world knows that Clarence Mitchell is paid to spin for the McCann family. Yes indeed spin. Shocking I know when we are talking about the life of a child, but spin he is paid to do.

The man Hewlett, whilst we all know what he is, the scum of the earth, but he has never in any way been linked to the case of missing Madeleine - except in the mind of the Clarence, as it serves his purpose.

Eamonn makes a statement that Hewlett was a coward not to have allowed the dodgy McCann detectives to question him. The guy was dying and would YOU speak to any of the five dodgy companies the McCann's have employed? NO mention that Kate McCann REFUSED to answer 40 + questions put to her by the OFFICIAL POLICE AUTHORITY INVESTIGATING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HER DAUGHTER! And rather amusingly, Gaunty states that Clarence wants a full review of this claim made by the EVEN MORE DODGY son of Hewlett?

Maybe a full review or rather a RE-OPENING of this case would be more helpful. That way Kate McCann CAN answer all of the questions she refused to. Both her and Gerry McCann and their 7 dodgy pals could also take part in the official police reconstruction of the events of the night this child disappeared - which they so far have REFUSED to do - the reasons given all selfish. While Madeleine if alive, rots somewhere, they feel to help would be pointless.

Come on Eamonn and Gaunty, you both could have done one hell of a lot better this morning for this child and you both know it.

If that guy at any time had a letter from his father - HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN IT IMMEDIATELY TO POLICE AUTHORITIES. Not burnt it and then months down the line made claims.

We all know this is a load of bunkum.

If Sky cannot report/interview honestly - don't do so at all. Better left than to make a mockery of the circumstances that this child disappeared. Waken up and smell the coffee, go read the official police files before making any further reports. And note also that there is a very important case this week which the public need distracted from - TIMING IS EVERYTHING - and this nonsense about a letter claiming to know it was gipsies who took Madeleine - is just that, diversionary nonsense.

Halligen who is up in Court this week is one of the FIVE lots of dodgy detectives hired by the McCann's (incidentally none of these companies had any prior experience in looking for missing persons) who was wanted by the FBI.

McCann's paid him thousands upon thousands for NOTHING.

Yet Clarence Mitchell said they were very happy with the work he had done for them???????

Now why would he say that? Why indeed?

Eamonn, stated that Hewlett was a coward for not allowing himself to be questioned. What does that make Kate McCann and her mates who ALL refused the very same thing and MORE?

Gaunty you omitted to say that it was the dodgy McCann detectives that Hewlett refused to speak with, NOT the police either Portuguese or British. British police did interview this man, though NOT in connection with Madeleine McCann. Had they any need to they would have.

So this story is exactly that. Nothing but spin and nonsense to divert from other goings on.

Who got to you Gaunty? That is what I would like to know. It was quite saddening and sickening to hear you this morning when I believe that you were very aware that every word you uttered was what you had been told to.

The nation should campaign to have this case RE-OPENED. Not to have some sham of a 'review' only, as led by the McCann's and their team of legal eagles who have raked a fortune for themselves in this case.

And something which may have escaped everyone's attention, that is the reporters -Madeleine disappeared in Portugal, if there is any re-opening it will be a Portuguese Police Investigation! By the proper police, not one instructed by Clarence and McCann's pretendy police force.

The whole affair is a disgrace. And for anyone with an ounce of sense they simply have to view and read the many interviews (televised) and statements, police statements also made by the McCann's and their friends, to see the many gaping holes, inconsistencies and lies.

It shocks me to the core that this child is missing and this is ALLOWED, yes allowed to happen, to go unchecked.

The Daily Wail and the Sun both have this 'circulation' story. I wouldn't be surprised if this man has been offered a mint of money to make this claim. And why has he waited so long? Shame on him, shame on these rags that call themselves newspapers - I wish they would both sink without trace. They and their friends, the McCann team, are an abomination.

I can't somehow see the PJ's rushing round to all the gypsy camps on the strengh of this muckraking trash.

Fascinating. They truly manage to pull this kind of stunt off. It's being reported all over the world now. I cannot help but wonder about the future of so-called journalism. I find this really interesting, it proves that you can basically sell any fairytale to the media and with a little luck, it will even spread world-wide. It's really fascinating, in a scary kind of way. It also raises some very considerable suspicions about everything else that is being reported by the media, especially by a certain type of UK media.

Sadly, the thick (that's 80% of the UK), will be taken in by this shit.The McCanns and the vermin that worship at their evil altar are the lowest of the low.As for the vile creature that has besmirched his father's memory for money....may he rot in hell.

I've consulted my crystal ball and I see a man in pink claiming it was the "market gypsy" referred to by Lazzy in a previous article.If the pink person crosses my palm with silver; lots of it, I will predict favourably for him.

Ah! Ah! The wonderful son destroyed the letter, instead of showing it to the police or sale it to a serious paper or TV? How much money run from the Fund into his hands to fabricate another lie and feed Antonella LIEZeri articles? No Letter, no proof or his the guy more reliable them a very expensive team of police trained dogs, who never destroyed evidences?

I'm very sorry to say that, but an evil and convicted paedo ( Hewllet) is more honest and deserves more respect then Mccann's gang and his son, who also smells the easy money and don't resist to the temptation. Follow the money and we will get the truth. And Antonella is living also under the magic money of a fraudulent Fund based in a crime.

Ah! Ah! he forgot to say that the gipsy man, or the Egg Man, looks O'Brien. The gipsy gang arrived in PDL on 28 April, were 9 people and came already with pictures to fool the police( 4 pictures of Maddie, all the same and all like postalcards).

There will be no justice for Madeleine or Goncarlo Amaral or for all those who have been maligned by the McConn's circus act,they have all those who are in a position to bring about their downfall, in their pockets.There is something really sinister about this whole thing from the disappearance of Madeleine,the tapas crowd,the maligning of Amaral and the PJ,the complicity of Gordon Brown and the British media,something is behind it all,nothing will convince me that every Editor,journalist or news anchor believes the McConns fairy story,the mystery also is why the complete protection of the McCanns?I think they are all part of some group that protect each other,i know what i think,poor Madeleine.

Kate and Gerry are getting desperate now, I cannot beleive any parent would/could do this to their own child, or any child for that matter

Scraping the bottom of the barrel now, I feel so sorry for little Maddie, this has bought tears to my eyes and spoilt my day, I cannot get Maddies face out of my mind such a sad little face.

This is truly tragic and extremely sad. I pray for the day they land up behind bars, on that day I will celebrate for now I will pray.

Can anyone answer this question for me: can the PJ open the case without Kate and Gerry's consent? I am sure the PJ would have red all ths new information - can they not re-open the case on this new evidence alone, it is new evidence isnt it?? or perhaps not as "the letter" got burnt

This will continue to happen whilst Murdoch, Dacre and others make money out of fabricated pink spin bullshit without being made accountable by a proper Journalist Deontological Independent Commission. The toothless PCC [Press Complaints Comission] is at Dacre's hands, who was appointed the chairman of the Editors committee, who apparently regulates the PCC. OFCOM in their last report on media [broadcast media] failed totally in reporting the xenophobic manner which Sky News, the BBC, and others have reported the «McCann Affair». So, the only way is exposing them outside the mainstream media, ie, on blogs and if possible, on the opposition's media - like the Guardian, or the Independent, Evening Standard, or in any media that has balls to go against the increasingly powerful Murdochs' News Corporation & Dacre's horrid infotainment tactics.

Elsewhere at Starbucks, Notting Hill, Gunther and his friends opinionate:

"The Scum...(sorry! keyboard error!) "The S." for short, is the house of infotainment-churnalism. Important to bear that in mind.

"The Daily Mail comes next with a slightly higher IQ -content. Often not much! Any "chimp" can follow. Look at that one there..."

(laughs)

"Why does Clarence Mitchell gets involved? Well, as a PR you have to do what you have to do. The Sun sells. Numbers talk. It is all (or nearly all) about image-making. Readerships are always up for grabs. Masses can't think. They live on borrowed opinions." Gunther says.

"Mister Mitchell seems to overlook two important details you said?"

"I am under the impression he is actually overseeing them..."

"Whaaat? The son had not seen the father for about twenty years but still remembered his handwriting and manner of speech. Wow!"

"Yes! The proof he is convinced of his father sincerity is that he burns his letter and (my inference) puts out the flames with his tears. The average human reaction, you know..."

"Still, the child could have been abducted by gypsies - those gypsies are always up to something, you know..." Wasp bytes in.

"Waiter! Could you bring me a glass of water and an aspirin, please? My head is not computing. (Akira's request.)

"That could be a virus infection, you know...". (Gunther's diagnosis.)

I've been reading the tea leaves. I see the number 9 and handcuffs, but patience will be needed. I also see the numbers 20 09 10 and the initials KH. Is this enough to get me a job as a reporter for the British press?

He was right about huge sums of money being involved, but not paid to Gypsies. To tramps and thieves maybe.( Apologies to Cher).The fact it's not on the front page shows that even The Scum aren't taking it seriously. Readers of this rag in my local pub have long been sceptical about Tales from the McCann.

Isn't there one officer from Leicester Police who would like to crawl under one of those unturned stones with shame and embarrassment at this blatantly defiant gesture of contempt? If so, please examine your conscience and do something!

=)) ANTONELLA LAZZERI you cant be serious! but it points out to the mccanns being really rattled all of a sudden for allowing such an extremely,distasteful BAD spin....same techniques/patterns re-volving over and over again,smoke screen....boring mccanns

WikipaediaPerverting the course of justice, in English, ... law, is a criminal offence in which someone prevents justice from being served on himself or on another party. It is a common law offence carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.Perverting the course of justice can be any of three acts:Fabricating or disposing of evidence etc ...

Oh, good. And the Sun, having paid a fortune to this chap, are presumedly now accessories.

Wayne ‘Bob the builder’ Hewlett now ‘intends to sit down with the Maddie detectives to tell them everything he knows. Farcical. Why didn’t he go to the police in the first place? Why aren’t the Leicestershire Police team, ’Operation Task’, sitting down with Wayne Hewlett? This is a criminal investigation in the case of a missing child. The claims made by Wayne Hewlett and The Sun reporter, should to be properly investigated by an official police force.

Why did Wayne Hewlett, supposedly, burn vital evidence in the most high profile ‘abduction’ in history? Surely he knows the McCann’s have, for the last 3 years, appealed for information.

Why would he think the letter would cause heartache to the McCann’s? Surely he knows they’ve spent £millions of publicly donated money trying to ‘find’ their daughter - all of it wasted on charlatans such as Kevin Halligen, Metodo3 etc etc.

Miss Marple here. Raymond Hewlett senior and son Wayne Hewlett had not been on speaking terms for twenty years. So how did Raymond Hewlett know his son's current address?This is a flimsy curtain flapping across the Haligen case coming up.

Did Wayne’s father, Raymond Hewlett, die in hospital? Did Raymond Hewlett write the letter from his hospital bed? If so, who supplied the pen and paper - I think whoever did so would remember? When did he write the letter? Given Hewlett had terminal cancer (and between morphine shots and oxygen masks) was he physically capable of writing a letter ? Who did Hewlett pass the letter to? Who was the ‘mystery’ delivery man? Who is the ‘friend’ who contacted to the Sun newspaper? Why did Hewlett impart this highly sensitive information to a son he had not seen in 20 years? Why did he not confide in someone he was in close contact with before his death?

did the gypsey get the parents to be vetted by the police?if not how could he say "not for sexual reasons?lettered burned so no proof.lettered delivered so no postman to ask if they remember a letter from germany

Clarence Mitchell is ‘grateful’ to Wayne Hewlett for information(received second hand through a friend) although Hewlett didn’t come forward with it for four months and, of course, not before he had burned the evidence..... well, that’s according to the Sun newspaper.

Have Team McCann been reserving the publication of this story for an opportune moment, like today for instance? Was it supposed to overshadow the Kevin Halligen hearing today? That hearing has now been postponed until 20 September so in three weeks time this story will have to be rehashed or another one invented.

I was so certain that the McCanns would attempt to use Hewlett in their end game that I spent a few MONTHS focused on finding everything I could about him.

I used library databases to access articles no longer available online. I studied the Lesley Molseed murder. I tracked Hewlett's years "on the run" in Ireland and elsewhere (mostly Ireland). I read every article the hacks had written to implicate him and analysed the way they ignored the actions of the Portuguese police, who very early on checked Hewlett out (DNA sample, searched the van etc.)

I've stored most of the articles here: http://raymondhewlett.blogspot.com/

Remember, please, that Peter Verran was used to point the finger at Hewlett in the first place (along with the Thompsons). Interesting comments about Verran have been left on my blog by someone who apparently knows *his* background as well.

The gipsy claim is absolutely ridiculous. As was pointed out above, there are NO other cases in Portugal of children being stolen to order by gipsies. There ARE, however, articles that indicate that the McCann "investigators" went undercover amid the gipsy population in the area. So say the hacks, but who knows the truth?

The McCanns apparently realised that they were not going to get away with their plan to implicate Hewlett as the actual abductor - too many people were on to the facts (his cancer, his location far away from PdL, the huge holes in Verran's statements etc.) So now this.

Bottom line. A burned letter simply means that the entire Maddie case now sits on the shoulders of the man who is claiming it existed. It is imperative that the case is reopened in Portugal and that this "witness" Wayne is brought in for intense questioning, submits to a lie detector test etc. His financial records need to be investigated by the PORTUGUESE and everything about Wayne's life and character must be looked at by the PJ.

What a terrible choice the McCanns have made here. To attempt to escape responsibility for their own crimes by using one man claiming to have the key to Maddie's fate hidden in a pile of ashes.

I think you have hit the nail on the head! Print some other headlines to take the spotlight of what is going on in connection with Halligan, especially when the McCanns are coming under scrutiny for not doing a darned thing about the money spent from the Madeleine Fund by their chosen so called professional and the fact that no sightings were followed us by him.

Maybe, as many people think, it was all a plot from the start for certain parties to find fame and fortune via world wide publicity and that Madeleine is ready to be given back to the world in the near future. How I wish it were true.

According to Wayne Hewlett his father wrote that Maddie was stolen to order, by gypsies, for a wealthy childless couple. These grubby, underclass gypsies managed to abduct a child of almost four right under the noses of her own father Gerry McCann, Jane Tanner and Jeremy Wilkins. They then managed to escape without leaving a forensic trace, of either themselves or Maddie behind them. Maddie and the abductors have never been seen or heard of since.

There were three children in the apartment, two them were not much more than babies, why would gypsies take a feisty, articulate 4-year old who, as Kate McCann said, could give her ‘tuppenceworth’? A 2-year-old would be easier for an abductor to carry and far easier for a childless couple to manage. Now that the wealthy childless couple have kidnapped the most famous child in history they must keep her hidden away for ever but at least they have a child to love and look after.

I know we have to suspend disbelief when watching a movie but this is real life.

When I read the article in the Sun last night, I thought of the timing of Halligen's appearance which I now see has been post-poned until September 20. This is all part of the Fall campaign - who knows possibly there are other "letters" which have not been destroyed and will be sold to the highest bidder. And to think that Hewlett was considered SICK - what about all those who continue to dishonour the memory of Madeleine.

In an interview with the Daily Mirror in May 2009 Wayne Hewlett claimed that someone burnt a photo of his dad and posted it through his letterbox, with the message, ‘You deserve to burn as well.’ Is this incident where Wayne gleaned inspiration for his ‘I burnt dad’s letter’ story?

Hewlett did agree to meet the Mccanns detective's but they had left the hospital and refused to return..................................

Yes that's right, Hewlett did agree to a 60 minute interview with Edgar & Cowley which, we were told, was all that he could manage. However, Edgar & Cowley declined the offer saying that they needed 5 hours to interview him. Very strange. You can say an awful lot in an hour can't you? But it just wasn't enough time for those interpid private detectives who, by the way, assured us that Maddie was being held in a hellish lair

Surely someone somewhere within the UK and Poruguese police can arrest and question Wayne for withholding and then destroying such a vital piece of 'evidence'. Please can someone confirm that this is indeed a very serious crime. When faced with losing his own liberty for this farce he may indeed tell us exactly who encouraged and paid for this ridiculous tale. The route to all the answers in this is to arrest all the accomplices and give then give them immunity from prosecution or severe punishment if they finally tell the truth.

#44When I read your comment it made me think of the photos of Susan Healy and her husband in the church for a "memorial" to Maddie. The sorrow on their faces was excruiating to see. That little girl spent a lot of time with her Grandmother. Perhaps it was to this Grandmother that McCanns were considering "giving" their less than perfect child to. Perhaps it is this Grandmother that has deep regrets that she did not keep that "little child" with her.

Perhaps its this Grandmother that will crack? And tell the truth. Or maybe she thinks it's better the twins are brought upp by their evil parents.

Hewlett died after refusing to answer the McCann detectives and much is made of this fact. As I recall, he agreed to meet them for an hour but they held out for five hours. And what of Kate McCann, the mother of Madeleine who most people would think should be the most interested in her whereabouts - how many questions did she answer?

Hi - I posted this older article on the thread about the resignations from the McCann fund & was requested to re-post it here, so here ya go:

10 April 2010The SunNeil Syson

A paedophile who was a prime suspect in the hunt for Madeleine McCann has died - taking any secrets he had to the grave.

Convicted child rapist Raymond Hewlett, 64, died of throat cancer and was cremated at a pauper's funeral in Germany four months ago. His ex-wife Susan, 64, and children in Telford, Shropshire, were unaware of his death.

Two private detectives hired by Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry went to Aachen, Germany, at least three times in a bid to interview Hewlett. But a source said: "He always wriggled out of it, saying he was too sick to see them. He was never eliminated from the inquiry."

Maddie, of Rothley, Leics, was three when she vanished on holiday in Portugal in May 2007. Ex-soldier Hewlett bore a close resemblance to a straggly-haired man seen lurking near the McCann apartment.

He was in Portugal when Maddie was snatched and left for Morocco three weeks later. And he told a pal he knew gipsies who sold children to perverts. Hewlett's German second wife Mariana, 35, refused to comment.

There are people in this world who have no empathy whatsoever and who have no qualms about doing anything as long as there is something in it for them. Most everyone knew that this dying man was going to be used in someway by team McCann to delude the public, so this type of story was not totally unexpected. Yes some will be fooled, but many with average intelligence who can think for themselves will realise that this is all hogwash.

How long will the circus last? Well, If authorities have given up on the case, and no one is coming forth with a confession then unfortunately the circus will last our lifetimes. We are dealing with a couple that has a mental illness known as a narcissistic personality disorder. People with this disease will try to change history with fanciful lies; they are also very paranoid and therefore must keep a constant eye on whom they perceive to be their enemies.

I believe this Halligen character could break this case wide open, however I have a feeling that great efforts are being made to prevent this Mr. Halligen from leaving Britain.

How convenient that the abductor who was taking photographs and who selected Madeleine chose the child of the only parents in the whole group to leave their patio doors open. Why would a wealthy childless couple simply not hire a surrogate?The child could be taken out and sent to school and allowed to meet all their friends and relatives,something that could never happen with Madeleine UNLESS they dyed her hair which rather defeats the object of acquiring a blonde child.Even Sun readers wont fall for this tripe

"He (Raymond Hewlett) said (in the letter burned by Wayne)a very good gipsy friend he knew in Portugal had got drunk and 'let it out' that he had stolen Maddie to order as part of a gang.

"My dad said this gang had been operating for a long time and had snatched children before for couples who couldn't have children of their own."

Is there anything on record indicating this has EVER happened?

If I were Portuguese and operating a business in the Algarve, I'd sue Wayne Hewlett for the obvious impact these lies would have on my business.

Take a lie detector test, Wayne. What is it like to sell your soul for a few pieces of silver? You and Peter Verran might enjoy each others company. Make sure you were paid at least as much as Verran was.

I just can't stop laughing at this. I love the puffs of spectral smoke!

So who could the mystery delivery man be, erm, well yea Dave Edgar, but the solicitor, no not Adam Tudor, he would have charged Gerry too much, (c £700 per hour, plus travelling exes, plus VAT, plus a 300% success fee) it must have been Mr Smellhurst (he doubles as a toilet cleaner for Brian so did not consider this task demeaning or even dishonest) helping Eddie the eejyit, they spent hours writing it together (it is complex stuff) they each held a corner of the envelope with their rubber gloves on (cleverly or even paranoidly thinking "dabs"), heaved it through the letter box and then did a runner being quick thinking enough to pull their hoodies up as they ran off in case of CCTV. The next day they went further in their fiendishly cunning plan to create good Maddie vibes, they rang him and asked him if he had a story he wanted to sell, then they gave Lazzie a hot tip off posing as a friend of Gerry's... they did not realise all Gerry's friends resigned. Brilliant!

This article was written by a fellow Sun journalist on April 10, 2010. This shows Antonella's article to either be a lie or the result of incompetence. And he couldn't have been obstructing Dave Edgar's investigation on 24 January, 2010, because he'd already be dead.

A paedophile who was a prime suspect in the hunt for Madeleine McCann has died - taking any secrets he had to the grave.

Convicted child rapist Raymond Hewlett, 64, died of throat cancer and was cremated at a pauper's funeral in Germany four months ago. His ex-wife Susan, 64, and children in Telford, Shropshire, were unaware of his death.....

Okay, just for a laugh because I know what you all thinkBut there is always a possibility that this story could be true, however slight that possibility may be.So what would you expect The McCanns to do? Ignore it? Even that would be deemed wrong if they did.It would be said that they didn't care enough to follow up any evidence no matter how suspect.

I agree with you that this information should be taken seriously. If the McCann's or their investigators believe there is any substance to the Sun's report then it should be thoroughly investigated.

The McCann's knew all about this story prior to publication. Clarence Mitchell is quoted expressing his gratitude to Wayne for information received. Why didnt Wayne go to the police? Why didn't The Sun go to the police? If there is anything at all of importance in this story, why then didn't the Mccann's go to the police?

Why do the Mccann's still rely on private detectives who have, to date, consistantly demonstrated a truly dreadful track record in this case? And why did they wait for The Sun to publish a story they've known about for some time when, instead, they could and should have requested Leics police (acting on behalf of lead police force, the PJ) to question Wayne Hewlett without delay? That is what I would expect them to do.

Secondly, as to what I would expect the McCanns to do: Certainly not what they are proposing, which is to send their PIs, who are now totally without legal authority, to interview Wayne Hewlett.

If they truly believed that there was still hope that Maddie might be alive somewhere, I would expect them to (1) express outrage that Wayne destroyed the letter instead of taking it immediately to the police; (2) issue a plea for the mysterious deliveryman of the letter to come forward and tell what he knows; (3) and most of all, demand that a police force with jurisdiction, not their PIs, jump on this immediately and check it out thoroughly and completely.

As that is not what they are doing, I take their attitude as still more of an indication that they know Maddie will not be found alive no matter what anyone does.

Sound familiar? Guardian today.Andy Coulson. former NOW editor said by New York Times to have actively encouraged phone taps by reporters. The Metropolitan Police stands accused of favouring Rupert Murdoch's newpaper group by cuttting short its investigation and withholding crucial evidence from prosecutors.

Our security services seemto have the upper hand over the police and our Government; perhaps because they hold some sleaze over some members of the latter. I wonder if William Hague at the FCO has fallen victim for some reason?

The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night: "We are extremely grateful to Wayne for coming forward with this information and the detective team will be interviewing him as a matter of priority."

I just love that."Extremely grateful" for keeping this vital information to yourself for months, during which Madeleine has of course come to no harm."coming forward with this information" and having conveniently destroyed the evidence"the detective team" by which I mean a couple of superannuated and totally discredited hangers on, who actually still claim that they believe that Madeleine is in a "Hellish lair" near PdL, and who are therefore unlikely to believe anything you say to the contrary, unless it involves Barcelona harbour, which they also believe."matter of priority" over whatever else we have to do this month.

Mitchell will go down with the McCanns. No jury will think anyone could be so stupid, and they will therefore find that he is, and always was, part of the conspiracy.

I have just finished a book about the true story of the murder of a three year old child in 1860,the books titled The suspicions of Mr Whicher or The murder at road hill house,please read it if you can i got it from our mobile library,the detective who investigated the murder(Whicher)was villified by the childs family,the press and even parliament,and he retired early because of the villification,and all because he came to the conclusion based on his investigation that the child was killed by his own family member.But five years after the crime he was vindicated because the culprit admitted it,and it was indeed who Detective Whicher said it was in the first place.ITV are turning this case into a tv special to be shown dec/jan.The book is rivetting reading i must say.And i do hope that Mr Amaral will also be vindicated.

What is bizzare is the Sun publishing such a fiarytale without a shred of evidence to support it. As usual crap reporting.

Police should put Wayne on lie detector test. Or police should kick his balls in and he'll in a blink of eyelind reveal name os his paymaster. That would surely bring some big players connected to the case down which would cause the dominoes effect and the house of cards will come tumbling down.

Notice how the mccanns didnt ask why he didnt bring the letter to the police. Instead CM came out and embellish his usual abduction porkie pie.

@87.not bizzare,the uk media and the sun especialy, DO NOT LIKE MADELEINE for some unknown reason and thats why they are for the mccanns and print shyte like this and expect us to believe it and that the mccanns are innocent when in fact it is MADELEINE who was the innocent one in this,its about time they helped her, poor child

Everybody will have 5 minutes of fame..but some get more than others.I dont believe Wayne and his first appearance, when someone pushed a burning photo of his father through the letterbox. If he was estranged for 20 years from his father, he obviously hated him...so he would not allow people to know of his fathers connection....and as for this latest letter, that is now burnt, another con..why not go immediately with such important news to the police, the real police, not retired ex polcemen, who have not thrown light on anything.The police should pull him in for questioning, and do a background check, we would soon know he was lying, sitting down with tthe noddy police achieves nothing, they have no jurisdiction. Such a pice of evidence would have high value not only financially, but could be sufficient as new evidence to open the enquiry.Portugal should be officially notified, by l.police. My guess is,its a con for money, you dont burn a valuable item of evidence,even if you are only thinking fame and money. This circus needs shutting down, and the trapeze artists put in the lions cage. Enjoy your minutes of fame Wayne because not many believe you. The clock is ticking...maybe the McCanns will run, and this is their closing act.

Interesting article by John Pilger herehttp://www.truth-out.org/flying-flag-faking-news62920

"Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, is said to have invented modern propaganda. During the First World War, he was one of a group of influential liberals who mounted a secret government campaign to persuade reluctant Americans to send an army to the bloodbath in Europe. In his book, "Propaganda," published in 1928, Bernays wrote that the "intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses was an important element in democratic society" and that the manipulators "constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power in our country." Instead of propaganda, he coined the euphemism "public relations."...Bernays was no rabid right winger. He was an elitist liberal who believed that "engineering public consent" was for the greater good. This was achieved by the creation of "false realities," which then became "news events." ...Of course, the good news is that false realities often fail when the public trusts its own critical intelligence, not the media. Two classified documents recently released by WikiLeaks express the CIA's concern that the populations of European countries, which oppose their governments' war policies, are not succumbing to the usual propaganda spun through the media. For the rulers of the world, this is a conundrum, because their unaccountable power rests on the false reality that no popular resistance works. And it does."

John Pilger gives some exemples of cases of "false realities" and the actual facts, mostly related to the war in Iraq, the economy and the government.

Here is my take on the disappearance of little Madeleine.

False reality - Madeleine McCann was abducted to order for a kind wealthy couple, hence she came to no harm, in spite of the necessary assistance of a frightening bogeyman. However she deserves to be returned to her loving family, and the donations from the public will help in this tireless search. Anyone saying otherwise is harming the search and Madeleine, they must be sued, especially if they are Portuguese.

Fact - Madeleine McCann died in apartment 5A under circumstances as yet unknown. Her cadaver was concealed by her parents with the tacit or active complicity of their friends. Also with the complicity of friends and family, they set up a fund which defrauded the public under the misapprehension that it was a charity aimed at finding Madeleine. The money went instead to PR people, fake detectives and expensive lawyers, their own family members - employees of the "firm" - and the odd mortgage repayment.

Because - all together now, one, two, three,... She is being held in a 'hellish lair' within 10- miles of PdL.Are you not paying attention ?Edgar told us this some time ago, and Mitchell endorsed it, and no one from TM has ever told us that it is wrong, or out of date, or superceded by some other strong lead like Australia or Barcelona or hyperspeed yachts.

"Undoubtedly the public is becoming aware of the methods which are being used to mold its opinions and habits. If the public is better informed about the processes of its own life, it will be so much the more receptive to reasonable appeals to its own interests. No matter how sophisticated, how cynical the public may become about publicity methods, it must respond to the basic appeals, because it will always need food, crave amusement, long for beauty, respond to leadership. If the public becomes more intelligent in its commercial demands, commercial firms will meet the new standards. If it becomes weary of the old methods used to persuade it to accept a given idea or commodity, its leaders will present their appeals more intelligently. Propaganda will never die out. Intelligent men must realize that propaganda is the modern instrument by which they can fight for productive ends and help to bring order out of chaos."

Bernay's ideas were, not all but mostly for commercial uses, providing the tobacco industry with women consumers, providing the pig industry with people suddenly wanting to have bacon for breakfast. Although it seems he was far from squeamish, what would he have have made out, I wonder, of the use of "his" propaganda in the disappearance of a little girl, turning her into a product, a commodity making money for her parents, selling papers? and how would that bring order out of chaos?

I like this - I certainly didn't realise that John Pilger had written this about Edmund Bernays. This is my opinion about advertising and always has been - funny really, I just can't abide being "led by the nose" and always try to make educated decisions about everything. Sometimes actually just for awkwardness I will do exactly opposite to what I am being 'persuaded' to do.

So it seems that this is what is happening with regard to the McCanns. But the papers don't seem to be making very much by it because they could make far more if they actually printed "their opinions" and not the tripe the McCanns want them to.

Gypsies do not have to steal children to sell to others, they have enough of their own if they wish to sell children. So Wayne, I think you are talking a load of hogwash about your burnt letter. Why on earth would you burn it ? I would keep it close to my heart and use it as blackmail, you silly builder !

McCanns can't leave Mr Hewlett in peace like they did with Madeleine who is dead.They always find some new story to take the attention off them. The hospital in Germany said Mr Hewlett was very ill and not strong enough to write a letter.He has not been in contact with his son for over 20 years and he did not know his address.The whole lot is a big lie from McCanns and Mitchell and leave Germany alone. H.M. Germany.

So, are we assuming that abused, emotionally corrupted and illiterate children and/or adolescents do not lie or do not have latent, psychopathic criminal traits in them? That these unfortunate kids (and those who abused them) have more moral standing and character than former presidents of the Portuguese Republic, prime ministers, top criminal commentators, so-called experts etc. See the complete list here (same link as given above).

http://www.processocarloscruz.com/index.php?pag=perguntas&id=8

The BBC report which you quote, follows the trend. The under-dog angle ressonates in us. It reminds us (subconsciously) of our "struggle" against the Big Bear, our parents, later our teachers and more recently our bosses...it is something we instinctively identify with. Think about it...

8-} The Truth? What's that?

In the Casa Pia case we may have another example of miscarriage of Justice, what I call "ready-to-wear" sentencing.

Small wonder Goncalo Amaral ended up wearing a "mini-skirt" (totally inapropriate!) for giving his opinion on a case about which he knew more than anyone else. An opinion that was of "public interest".

Did I hear someone saying that Amaral was trying to profit from the case? Well, who isn't? Besides isn't he being defamed as well! Whose human dignity is more important? The McCann's because they are British or Goncalo Amaral because he is Portuguese? Sorry, I seem to have gone off on a tangent here...